The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-18


/ uuv strong and active woman, but when told
/ that She must take up her crutches and walk
up1n thom the remainder of her life She
/ decided 10 Gown the crutchcs and not let
/ them own her. And from that day 20 this
She bias never made any one unhappy ON nc
count of them. never complained about them.
/ Indeed. no one who knows her remembers
/ that She is in the least afflicted. Triumphant
ly not rcpningly does sine bear her cross.
She is conspicuous illustration Of the little
known truth that there is no bodily or other
affection which the human spirit cannot
overcome or hold in mastery if 1t does but
rs. .rt itself i'm It's Godike might.
! Ii was while suffering on the bed Of sick
mes, which left her lame that Olive Harper
began 90 write Her first production was "a
/ story for Harpors This was followed at
once hv "a series Of articles in The Oakland
/ Daily News which attracted attention and
led 10 am engagement with The Alta Cali
foruia and The Golden Era, Of San Fran
cisco. For The Alta California She Travelled
NH over the state The owners Of the paper
had never seen her, and did not know until
long afterward that she could only walk ON
crutches. She placed her children In school
I
ing hv rail. sometimes by stage, on horseback
and ON mules, aud always laughing and
barpy and never tired She is still blessed
with remarkable health, aside from her lame
ness, and has endless capacity for work.
/ While travelling for The Alta California She
made am engagement with The st. Louis
Globe. now The Globe Democrat and has
continued TO contribute 10 10 20 this day.
Destiny seemed determined 10 compensate
this heroic soul for its unkiudnoss in gripping
her body Opportunities poured in upon her
and money became plentiful Everything
She did was successful and brought good
financial return In the winter of ~ she
wrote a poem, entitled CLEOPATRA which
was endles,y copied in this country, repub-
lished In England and translated into German
and Hungarian. Because of 10 She was made
honorary member of the hungarian National
Academy of Sciences.
I'm 1873. just one year after writing her
/ first article, Olive Harper went 10 Vienna, TO
the great exhibition, 10 represent The Alta
California The Globe Democrat, and The
Graphic Of this city. Stopping in London six
weeks She met many literary men and wo-
men, After the exhibition She went into
Hungary. down the Danube into and through
Bulgaria and Roumelia, thence % Russia and
down the Black sea 10 COistantiuoplc, where
She remained "a year, going at intervals
through the interior Then she went TO
Greece. and 20 Albania, and back 20 England,
whore She remained year, visiting all parts
Of the kingdom Some of the trips She made
were not without peril
While in England shtpublished four novels
-"The Lotus Of the Nile ~ Drift Of Sand"
Becky and "The Tame Turk During this
time She perfected herself IN French and
studied German, electrical science and people
and customs. She returned 20 this country
TO serve her papers at the Centennial exhibi-
tion, and soon added others 10 her list
She gave series of lectures in Philadelphia
and through the west on Turkey and its De
Tendencies, but not liking the platform 50
We'll as the pen, she abandoned 10. For time
She was secretary Of the Womens National
Industrial league, and gathered a large
amount OF valuable statistical matter relative
20 female labor, which was given 70 the sena-
tOrnl committee She wrote letters for The
World and Mail and Express, Of this city,
embOdyng information gathered at that
time
For several years she has lived in New
York, going across the continent twice and
south once in five years. Olive Harper is
her pen name. While abroad she married a
gentleman who Is "A native Of Constantinople,
of French and Turkish parentage and they
have "a beautiful boy now II years Oh She
laughingly says that She never felt fear in
her life although fortune has not always
been kind She lust simply goes ahead u"
With all her travel, she hasa great fondneSs
for home, aud has her little corner IN this
big metropolis She is a firm friend, "a
brave woman and as entertaining in CONVEX
sation Us she is versatile in her profession.
q. e.